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The popularity of Asterix – “Asterix et la Transitalique“ Orion Children’s Books, 2017 Writer: Jean-Yves Ferri We have previously written about the historical inaccuracy of Asterix. But we have not addressed the question: why is a story about two Gauls fighting Romans two millennia ago so popular? Thus far Asterix has spawned seven French language

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The Historical Inaccuracy of Asterix Pilote Magazine, Hachette, 1959-2010 Writers: Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Review by DG Stewart, 18 March 2016 “Asterix” is a comic book series comprising 36 volumes published over almost 60 years. The title character’s adventures have sold more than 300 million comic books and been translated into many languages (including,